Lawman from Her Past by Delores Fossen

Author:Delores Fossen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-12T15:12:05+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Lauren sat at Gabriel’s desk and waited. Something she’d been doing since they’d arrived at the sheriff’s office over an hour ago. There wasn’t much else she could do until Cameron called with news from the hospital.

Maybe the news would be good. Maybe Maria would survive surgery and be able to tell them what was going on. Until then, Cameron had no plans to leave.

At least the boys weren’t anywhere near the danger and the aftermath. Lauren hadn’t been able to stop herself from calling Dara three times to make sure all was well there. It was. And now she had to pray it stayed that way.

She heard the footsteps heading toward her, and Lauren practically jumped to her feet. But it wasn’t Cameron. It was Gabriel. He had a foam box in one hand, a bottle of water in the other, and he was sporting a very concerned look.

“A sandwich from the diner,” he said, putting the box and water on the desk in front of her. “You need to eat.”

Yes, she probably did, but she wasn’t hungry. In fact, her stomach was churning. Still, she would try to keep something down. It wouldn’t do any of them any good if she got light-headed.

“Anything from Cameron?” she asked, but she already knew the answer. If there had been, Cameron would have texted her. He knew she was on pins and needles while she waited.

He shook his head and opened the foam box when she didn’t touch it. Lauren sat down and took a small bite of the BLT. There wasn’t just one sandwich, though, but two. Gabriel must have thought she was starved. Or just eager to sample something she hadn’t had in a long time.

“You remembered this was my favorite,” she said. He’d even gotten a bag of her favorite chips to go with it.

“Of course I remembered. You’re my sister.”

There was some emotion that went with that comment, and Lauren knew they were talking about a lot more than just the sandwich.

She looked up at him, their eyes connecting. “I can’t apologize for leaving Blue River. I had to go.”

If he agreed with that, he didn’t show any signs of it. “Now you’re back.” He paused, a muscle flickering in his jaw. “With plans to marry Cameron.”

There was definitely no hint of agreement for that, either. “We don’t want any chance of the boys being sent to foster care.”

Gabriel nodded. Finally, they’d found some common ground. “And then what? What do you do when we stop the person behind the attacks?”

At least he’d said when and not if. This had to stop. They couldn’t keep going on like this.

“I don’t know,” she answered honestly. “When the DNA tests prove there’s been a swap—”

“There was,” Gabriel interrupted. “I just got the results back. I texted Cameron, too, so he knows.”

Obviously, Lauren had known the swap had taken place, but it still felt like a shock. A violation, really. Someone—Maria, probably—had swapped the babies, and in doing so had robbed Lauren of being with her son for the first year of his life.

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